Clowns.
Cranky faces behind smiling masks. Scary men hiding their true intentions
under layers of garish makeup. No one really knows what lurks behind these
masks. The alleged childlover may therefore turn out to be the evil genius
in many horror scenarios, but also figures as a melancholic prototype in popular
tack. The discrepancy between joy and misery, but also between innocence and
corruption, turns the clown into a recurring character at parties and crime
scenes.
Some of the
make-up designs are based on the masks used during the bloody robbery in
the early scenes of "Batman, The Dark Knight'.